Fred's Action

It may not look very active, but here's a shot of the lift bridge in downtown St. Paul as it's moving up to let a barge pass underneath.  I've gone past this bridge many times, but this was the first time I saw it actually moving.

Cory's Action

This successful action shot is the result of a night of failure.  I started out thinking "I know!  I'll take a picture of a car rounding the corner down the street!  I'll use a long lens so it will be all compressed and look really cool!"  But then no cars came.

So next I thought "No problem, I'll do some deep philosophical picture of star trails and comment on how there's a lot of action going on in the sky even though it doesn't look like it!"  But the moon was too bright.

So then I figured "Well, the moon is moving too.  I'll do a series of pictures of the moon with a length of time between them, and then cheat and stack them all together!"  But then the cars started showing up.

So here are the moon and stars standing still in the sky with the action of a car driving past clearly highlighted on the street below.

Ryan's "Action"

I apologize for my recent absences. There hasn't been much action around here... mostly just this:

/rl

Next week: "Bearded"

"Action" due tomorrow.

/rl

Cory's Repetition

The highway heading out of Santa Fe toward Los Alamos goes right past the Santa Fe National Cemetery, and I've always been impressed by its repetition.

Fred's Repetition

I snapped a shot of this fence while on a bike ride this week.

Mike's "Repetition"

I have driven or ridden by this barn hundreds of times and always meant to go back with a camera.  The repetition is obvious.  It's kind of like a stretch limo barn.
A little more about this barn can be read on Wikipedia.

Next week: "Action"

"Repetition" is due tomorrow.

/rl

Mike and Ryan...

... both failed this week.

/rl

Cory's Anchored

A while back we anchored a rope to the apricot tree in our back yard so kids could swing on it.  Since then, Maddy has become quite adept at her swinging.

Fred's "Anchored"

Early morning on Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis.

Next week: "Repetition"

"Anchored" due tomorrow.

/rl

Ryan's "Fourth of July"

I didn't get a chance to get any more fireworks photos, but I did grab this shot of Maddy and her grandfather walking out to the river at my parent's cabin:

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Cory's Fourth of July

Lis, Maddy, Emily, and I hopped in the car and made our traditional trip up to Nebraska for the Fourth of July again this year.  Given the weird timing of the holiday in the middle of the week, I didn't manage to actually see any big fireworks displays this year and don't have my normal long exposure to post.  However, I did catch Maddy and Emily as they kayaked across the front lawn at my parents' cabin.  It looks to me like they are getting ready to go over a waterfall.

It was 100 degrees and humid in Omaha on July 4th. We did take the motor bike out a couple times at night to look at the neighborhood displays, but its hard to operate a camera that way.

I thought I would show you where I hid from the heat on that day. Even our office gets warm, so I hid out in our basement, in an area that we call "The Man Cave". It's not so in the traditional sense, with a nice TV with sports on, and friends over guzzling beer.

Mostly I have geek stuff there. A few old computers, multi-track recorder, too many guitars, PA and a the 300 watt subs I'm not allowed to have on the first floor...

Fred's Fourth of July

Next week: "Anchored"

"Fourth of July" is due tomorrow.

/rl

Fred's Wild Card

This is the Deschutes River in Bend, Oregon.  I was there for work this week and snapped this picture one evening.

Cory's Wild Card

Yesterday we travelled from our nice cool desert home to the rainforest of Nebraska, where it is brutally hot.  We pulled out the wading pool this afternoon so Maddy and Emily could escape the 90% humidity of the air to the 100% humidity of the pool.

This picture is the definition of summer.

Ryan's "Wild Card"

Yup! It's that time of year again:

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New topic for next week

We changed our minds: next week's topic is Fourth of July.

Mike's "Wild Card"

Took the bike for a ride this AM, ahead of the heat. I ended up South of 7th and Pierce in a neighborhood I'm not all that familiar with, but found this big hill with a wonderful view of the South side of downtown. The picture doesn't do it justice. There was a fair amount of Italian bakeries and restaurants, so I'm guessing it is what some would refer to as "Little Italy". Just to my right is an amazing stone house. Had I seen someone in the yard I would have asked to take its picture.